Timmy stared at the gate preventing him from entering the Castle grounds. It was much too tall for him to get over, and the guard in front had just told him that he wasn't authorized to enter. Stella flew around and perched on Timmy's shoulder. "You know," she started, "there must be a way to sneak around the guards." Timmy rolled his eyes. They obviously needed to find another way, so why bother pointing it out? He turned back, determined to find a way to scale the cliff that would take him over the gate, when a familiar face caught his eye. "Isn't that the girl we saw in the market?" Stella asked. Timmy nodded and approached her. She turned and smiled.
"Oh, it's you, Fairy Boy! Are you going to the castle?" Timmy nodded. "My dad is in there somewhere, and he's probably asleep. Will you take this weird egg? It should wake him up!" She handed Timmy a warm egg. He could feel whatever was inside it moving. "Thanks, Fairy Boy! You're a real friend! Just tell my dad to go back to the ranch! I'm heading back now. It's late."
Timmy looked up at the sky to see a full moon overhead. It was late, alright. After saying goodbye to Roxy, he looked back at the cliff he was trying to climb. Sure enough, there was a vine hanging down. Pulling on it first to see if it would hold his weight, Timmy slowly climbed up. When he made it on top of the cliff, Timmy looked around. He could see that he had a clear path over the gate from his altitude, but he also saw guards swarming the courtyard. Taking into account their patrolling pattern, Timmy calculated the safest route for him to penetrate the guards' defenses without being seen. He leaped off of the cliff, and fell on his face. Stella grabbed him by the ear and pulled him up. "What are you doing? You should roll when you get close to the ground so you don't hurt yourself!" Holding his head in pain, Timmy finally stood up. By now, the moon was low in the sky; it was almost morning. He quickly remembered the route and ran as fast as his little legs could carry them. Just like he had predicted, he evaded all of the guards. Once he got to the gate in front of the castle, he saw that he wouldn't be able to avoid the guards posted there, so he jumped into the moat. Unfortunately, Timmy had forgotten that he couldn't swim. Flailing his arms madly, Timmy gasped for breath as he tried to stay afloat. "Oh for the love of Nayru," Stella moaned. She flew up to Timmy's ear and shouted, "The water is only a couple feet deep! You can stand in it!" Timmy stopped moving. Sure enough, the moat was very shallow. Regaining his composure, he waded through the water and climbed back up onto dry land.
Since he couldn't get into the main entrance to the castle, Timmy looked for an alternate entrance. He found one that might work soon after: a small hole in the castle wall that water was flowing out of. It was a little too far for him to jump to, however, so he needed to find a way to get closer. There were plenty of crates lying around, so Timmy began moving them closer to his secret entrance. He wasn't having too much trouble pushing it, until it stopped short. He pushed harder, but the crate wouldn't budge. Walking around to see what the obstruction was, he saw a man lying down in front of his crate. He was wearing overalls and had a milk jug in his hand, so Timmy decided to assume it was Roxy's father. He poked him on the nose, but he didn't even stir. Stella yelled in his ear for a few minutes, but he didn't react. "Ugh, we're never going to wake him up!" Stella complained. Just then, the sun peeked over the horizon, and Timmy felt the egg in his pouch moving. He pulled it out to see a small chicken hatching. It was the weirdest bird he had ever seen. Here it was, just hatched out of an egg, and its feathers were completely dry! Not only that, but it could already make noise. CUCCO! CUCCO! It squawked. Timmy decided to call these strange chickens Cuccos. He looked back down at the man, who had begun to sit up. The Cucco must have woken him up.
Roxy's father stood up and looked down at Timmy. "What time is it? Oh no, it's morning! I left Roxy alone! She must be so worried!" He ran off before Timmy could even ask him his name. But that didn't matter, because now he could make his way into the castle. He pushed the crate down into the moat and hopped from it to the hole in the wall. Feeling the water running over his hands and knees, he crawled through to the inner grounds of the castle.
When Timmy emerged from the hole in the wall, he was a little surprised to see no guards posted. "It's because of that new security whatever Roxy told us about," Stella yawned. "You need to find a way around the traps." This was going to be harder than Timmy had anticipated. There were no signs of traps anywhere. He needed to figure out a way to see where the traps truly were. Hesitating a bit at the absurdity of his idea, he pulled out the Mask of Truth he had borrowed from the Happy Mask Shop. Securing it on his face, he was shocked at what he saw. There were indeed booby traps lined everywhere in the courtyard, but there was a specific path he could follow to avoid them all. Right in front of him was a deep pit, but since he could see it with the mask, he jumped right over. The next section had a wall of lasers pointing in almost every direction, but there was one area untouched by the beams. Timmy quickly ran through there. He climbed over a small wood bridge to avoid a chasm filled with water, and he ran in front of the digital scanner sweeping the area. Once he got past it, he turned, but didn't see any more security measures. Still being cautious, he stepped forward into a large circular courtyard. Standing at the opposite end was a young girl with bright magenta hair. Timmy continued walking, and she turned around.
"What?" she quickly asked. "How did you breach security?" She walked up closer to Timmy, who started to wonder if coming to the castle was a bad idea. "Where did you get this mask?" she quickly accused. "Faragonda was the only one to know of the mask's whereabouts. If you stole it from her..."
Ready to defend her partner, Stella zoomed out into the girl's face. "Hey! Stop it! Timmy just got the mask from the Happy Mask Shop in town! You don't need to accuse him of being a thief!"
The girl blinked. "Is that a...a fairy?"
Stella sighed, "Duh. That's why I can fly."
"Would you mind taking off the mask?" the girl politely asked. Timmy didn't say anything, but removed the mask and put it in his pouch.
"You have red-rimmed glasses!" she joyfully exclaimed.
"Um," Stella said, "that's relative because?"
"Tell me, do you have the Spiritual Stone of the Forest? The green, shining stone? If you do, then you're the boy I dreamed about!" Timmy pulled Kokiri's Emerald out of his pouch and handed it to the girl. She dreamed about him? But now that he studied her more closely, he dreamed about her, too. She was the one on the white horse escaping from the man on the black horse.
"Since you have come, then the prophecy must be true," the girl reasoned. "Oh, where are my manners? Your fairy introduced you to me, but I didn't introduce myself! I'm Tecna, princess of Hyrule!"
A/N: I've got a Health project this weekend, but I had a little time to work on TLOT! Next chapter, Tecna explains the prophecy to Timmy, and he learns about the next Spiritual Stone! Until next time! Daisy out!